hmmm, well basic statistics wise i am a 22 year old female who is working part time and going to university full time. personality wise i am pretty laid back, analytical, friendly, open, chatty and optimistic. i still feel pretty young, i think that's okay.

i love camping, road trips, laid back bars, loud bars, live music based bars, breweries, non-super-fancy restaurants, spending time with my good buddays, the aquarium, laser shows, shopping for dresses, cooking, movies, shows, theater, dance, tv on dvd, cards games and board games, shooting the shit, talking shit, exploring nature at a relaxed pace (she wants to take it slow, baby), looking at and making art, walking and talking and chewing gum while blowing bubbles so big they stick to my glasses, wow i am good at multitasking, riding bikes although i am currently bikeless, racket sports of all kinds, swimming, and pretty much anything that i can be convinced would be fun.

in closing, my heroes are dolly parton and the hedonism bot.

going to school (sociology and psychology, full time). working (ABA therapy, part time). socializing. working on leaving well enough alone.

knowing people. i have a knack for really "getting" a person within a short time. even if they don't pour their heart out to me and tell me their deepest darkest secrets (sometimes they do) i think i'm pretty good at understanding a person's motivations, personality, etc. i think it's because i have keen powers of observation, and my interests lie in the human realm, mostly. this leads to giving good advice and being a good friend.

i also notice lots of stuff that most people don't, outside of the human realm.

i can also read fast. some things i can do moderately well but enjoy: sewing, cooking, dancing.

well i surely don't know. probably my gender, as that is usually the first judgment a person makes. then my body size and shape, age, and so on. i hope they eventually notice something about my personality and my pretty hair :).

I'm trying to narrow this down so it's not so overwhelming!

Books. I really like salacious and or funny fiction. I get enough tough reading in school, I want something entertaining when I read for fun. Recent favourites have been Charles Bukowski, David Sedaris, and Tom Robbins.

Movies. I like my movies like I like my books! Nothing too serious, funny, and with an edge. I have a friend who manages a movie theater, so I get to see a lot of movies for the heavily discounted price of free. So... favourites... Almost Famous, Superbad, Rushmore, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Royal Tenenbaums... and so on.

Music. I have a pretty eclectic taste in music, I like something from every genre except techno/eclectronica. Most listened to genres would be indie, hip hop, and pop. Some artists I like: Paul Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, Kid Cudi, Broken Social Scene, Destroyer, Animal Collective, Belle and Sebastian... and I better stop now cause I don't want it to turn into a MEGA LIST.

(d)i like food, especially food that i don't understand how to make for my self. like indian, or sushi.

- laughter- the kind that wells up from my tummy and spills out over my lips and makes me cry and makes my stomach muscles sore.

- my puppies! i sadly don't live with them any more, but i need my puppy fix at least once a week. (and yes, at 10 and 12 they are still puppies).

- privacy. i need some alone time every once and a while or i'll go crazy. i'm living all by my self for the first time ever and it's faaaaaaaaaaaantastic.

- my family and friends, they love me, i love them, everybody needs a little love! luckily, i have a lot!

- music. gotta have tunes.

- tea, earl grey being the all time favourite, peppermint and blueberry-cranberry white tea rounding out the top three.

Social interactions. For instance, if I talked to that person sitting across from me on the bus, what would I say? How would they respond? And so on... I also think about things I'm learning about in my post secondary institution, such as the protestant work ethic, or the bystander phenomenon, or whirling dervishes in the Sufi religion. I also think about things that worry me, which more often than not is the health of my grandmothers and ghosts. Seriously. I am really scared of ghosts. Don't bring it up.

painting the town red.

-If you don't mind my scattered capitalization and thoughts and think we'd get along.

-If you like dogs and/or Neil Young